Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara
Palike’s garbage-free wards initiative on July 24. For all the 22 wards
identified. Palike has appointed nodal officers and Commissioner M
Lakshminarayana is one of them.

A press release issued by the BBMP
said that the Commissioner, who held a review meeting on Thursday, had
directed officials to follow certain guidelines to make wards
garbage-free.

He also held meeting with garbage contractors,
organisations that handle Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCC), solid
waste management experts, scrap dealers and plastic buyers. The
Commissioner told contractors to train pourakarmikas and direct them not
to collect mixed waste from households. He directed contractors to
transport dry waste to DWCCs and wet waste to Karnataka Compost
Development Corporation. He also directed them to clean up the area
thoroughly after transporting waste from auto tippers to lorries.

The Commissioner also directed agencies that are maintaining DWCCs, to provide dry waste to the scrap dealers concerned.

Nodal
officers have been appointed for all the 22 wards who will inspect
garbage collection, DWCC and other garbage disposal system in their
wards. Apart from this, a third-party audit will be done to check the
garbage clearance status at all these wards.

Third-party committee
will comprise members from Resident Welfare Association, NGOs and other
volunteers. If garbage is not cleared by contractors, their licence
will be cancelled, the Commissioner warned.